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by Mrs. Lether hbell 
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Sons of Ham, Oh, sons of Ham, 

I call your name aloud, 
A rame that came down from Ancient History, 

A noble name to make us proud. 

Although idle ages lie between. 

Which make our Ancient History dim, 
In which ages we slept in ignorance 

Out in a dark but happy land. 

Oh, but now^ that the second day of our life's history is dawning. 

And we are awakening from our sleep, 
Starting out upon our modern historys' journey 

Up the hills of failure and disappointment which seem so rough- 
so steep. 

A rock bed down in the sands of time. 

Upon which our fame to build, 
We regarded in many a national heroic deed, 

Includirg the battle of San Juan Hiil. 

And now our heroes are krown throughout all the world, 

And feared as military men. 
And now for such a short space in modem history. 

Don't* you think that's really grand. 

But there is something overlooked by many, 

In our history's young, yet noble life, 
Tha^; will cause us many times to blunder 

And help to support our discriminated strife. 

And that is unity, energy and charity, 

And vv^th the simple our knowledge divide, 
Clean from the furnace t'he ashes of hate and envy, 

And kindle a flame of pure race pride. 

You take the white race, you call them white, 

Ard they will think it grand; 
You take the Irdian and call him red, 

Ard he is as proud as any man; 

You take the brown race and call them brown. 

They think it no more than right; 
But you fake the Negro and call him black. 

And he is ready to fight. 

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A white man meets a white lady on the street, 

He'll tip his hat and pass on by; '. 

But when a colored man meets a colored lady on the street, 

He'll try to charm her with his eye. 

The whit'e woman's character may be good or bad, 

She's respected for her race's sake; 
But our poor colored women are trampled down 

For the slightest moral mistake. 

Colored man, protect your female sex, 
For, as Longfellow has said: 

"As unto the bow the cord is, so unto the man is woman; 
Tho she bends him she obeys him, 
Tho she draws him, yet she follows; 
Useless is each without the other." 

If we crush our nose we spoil our face; 

If we crush our women we ruin our race. 
Yes, our face is black, though our Maker loves us; 

So let us not think any other race above us. 

Young women, O young women, 

Please hear my humble cry: 
Work for an honest living, it's no disgrace; 

Stay in the right society, hold up your prid^ and race. 

Stay off the street corners at night, 

Eefuse so many joy rides; 
If you've nothing else to do, stay home and read, 

And hold up your race and pride. 

God loves us, yes He loves us, with that we must agree, 

For He took us from horrible bondage and made us wise and free. 

Though it seems that we are the last and always in distress. 

But we as a race shouldn't be discouraged, and try to do our best. 

We go to and fro through the country. 
Sometimes through foreign lands, 
To see if we can equal with any ot'her man. 

We go North, some of us. 

Seeking r>. better shore; 
But 'tis sad to say, though 'tis true, 

W'3 are yet, to a great extent, classed as Negroes. 



Let me impress upon your minds, dear friends. 

And you will find it no mistake. 
We can never demand honor from the whites 

Until first we learn to honor our own race. 

Join the Universal Negro Improvement Association. 

Buy shares in the Black Star Line; 
They both are stars rising in our race; 

Your aid will make them shine. 

Now, let us come together. 

Heart to heart and face to face. 
And see if we can't, with God's help. 

Become a better race. 




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